By applying the non-parametric Malmquist Productivity Index method, this paper attempts to investigate the sources of productivity changes of China’s State-Owned and Joint-Stock Commercial Banks (JSCBs) during the period 2000–2005. The empirical findings suggest that the China’s banking sector has exhibited productivity progress attributed to

The widespread implementation of advanced and complex systems requires predominantly operators’ cognitive functions and less importance of human manual control. On the other hand, most operators perform their cognitive functions below their peak cognitive capacity level due to fatigue, stress, and boredom. Thus, there is a need to improve their c

This study uses simulated meta-analysis to assess the effects of publication bias on meta-analysis estimates and to evaluate the efficacy of the trim and fill method in adjusting for these biases. The estimated effect sizes and the standard error were evaluated in terms of the statistical bias and the coverage probability. The results demonstrate t

Patients with cubitus varus deformity secondary to malunited supracondylar fracture are at risk for lateral humeral condylar (LHC) fracture. This report describes a child presenting with preexisting malunion of supracondylar fracture presenting along with nonunion of a LHC fracture following a recent injury. The patient underwent resection osteotom

This book addresses the views of the Sunni scholars regarding the importance of genealogical relationship (nasab) in Islamic family law and examines the role of legitimacy on the basis of the legal maxim “al-walad li al-firash”, evidence (al-bayyinah), and doubtful intercourse (wat’ shubhah). It also elucidates the views of the Sunni schools

A common drawback with meta analysis is when the variability measures, particularly the variances , are not reported, or “missing” in the individual study. Among the approaches adopted in handling this problem is through exclusion of the studies with missing variances. Alternatively, the missing study-variances could be imputed. This paper exam

This is a two-hour programme for support staff group to enable them understand the basic structure of LCC, as well as subdivision techniques used throughout LCC, and how to read LCC call number. The lecture started with concepts on subject analysis and classification and ended with individual exercise on how to organize items with LCC call number o

Teaching at tertiary level involve a complex and diverse work process. Most higher education faculty received heir advancement of content knowledge but are seldom given the opportunity to integrate this content knowledge with the teaching pedagogy. This fragmentation of practice leaves teachers on their own with the challenge of integrating subject

This book is aimed to give a basic guidelines to students or any young practitioners who just embarked on the civil litigation practice in court. The book provide step by step procedures and checklists that may be used as guidelines in making application before the court. For instance in making an interloutory application and preparing the case for

Background Pharmaceutical companies spent $57.5 billion on pharmaceutical promotion in the United States in 2004. The industry claims that promotion provides scientific and educational information to physicians. While some evidence indicates that promotion may adversely influence prescribing, physicians hold a wide range of views about pharmaceutic